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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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